Toggle the Ubuntu System menu icons to Visible
By default, the Ubuntu System menu icons are rendered invisible. You can toggle them on with this simple command: gconftool-2 --type Boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons True [...]
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Quickly reinstall your favourite applications in Ubuntu
So you want to wipe your hard drive clean and reinstall a fresh Ubuntu copy. Before you do that, it might be wise to make a list of currently installed packages and reinstall them in a jiffy afterwards on the new OS: sud[...]
Disable NTP sync during USplash in Ubuntu Linux
NTP sometimes greatly slows down your Ubuntu’s boot time. To disable it just do a simple sudo apt-get remove ntpdate [...]
Disable the Linux screen blanking
If you want to disable X screen blanking (aka. disable the X screensaver) that comes up unexpectedly while you’re watching a movie in MPlayer, all you have to do is setterm -powersave off -blank 0 To make the chang[...]
